Beauharnois lock system
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The Beauharnois lock system is a set of navigation locks on the St. Lawrence Seaway in Quebec that enables ships to bypass the Beauharnois hydroelectric dam and navigate the Beauharnois Canal between Lake St. Louis and Lake St. Francis.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21494772 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Beauharnois lock system Context triple: [Beauharnois Canal, hasLock, Beauharnois lock system]
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Canal du Midi lock system
The Canal du Midi lock system is a historic network of canal locks in southern France that manages water levels and navigation along the 17th-century Canal du Midi.
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Fonserannes Locks
Fonserannes Locks is a historic multi-chamber lock staircase on the Canal du Midi near Béziers in southern France, renowned as one of the canal’s most impressive engineering works.
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Strépy-Thieu boat lift
The Strépy-Thieu boat lift is a massive vertical ship lift on the Canal du Centre in Belgium, renowned as one of the tallest boat lifts in the world and a major feat of modern engineering.
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D.
Yser estuary locks
The Yser estuary locks are a major coastal water management and flood control complex at the mouth of the Yser River in Nieuwpoort, Belgium.
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Écluse de Montech
Écluse de Montech is a lock installation on the Canal de Garonne in southwestern France, used to raise and lower boats between different water levels.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Beauharnois lock system Target entity description: The Beauharnois lock system is a set of navigation locks on the St. Lawrence Seaway in Quebec that enables ships to bypass the Beauharnois hydroelectric dam and navigate the Beauharnois Canal between Lake St. Louis and Lake St. Francis.
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A.
Canal du Midi lock system
The Canal du Midi lock system is a historic network of canal locks in southern France that manages water levels and navigation along the 17th-century Canal du Midi.
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B.
Fonserannes Locks
Fonserannes Locks is a historic multi-chamber lock staircase on the Canal du Midi near Béziers in southern France, renowned as one of the canal’s most impressive engineering works.
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C.
Strépy-Thieu boat lift
The Strépy-Thieu boat lift is a massive vertical ship lift on the Canal du Centre in Belgium, renowned as one of the tallest boat lifts in the world and a major feat of modern engineering.
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D.
Yser estuary locks
The Yser estuary locks are a major coastal water management and flood control complex at the mouth of the Yser River in Nieuwpoort, Belgium.
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E.
Écluse de Montech
Écluse de Montech is a lock installation on the Canal de Garonne in southwestern France, used to raise and lower boats between different water levels.
- F. None of above. chosen
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